Sentence examples for much respectable from inspiring English sources

Ordinary middle-class job seekers flooded into the Fascist Party, making it more respectable and amenable; the nationalists also merged their organization into it, bringing with them much respectable backing in the south.

"Literary studies" then become "literary sciences" — sounds much more respectable.

"Claus is so different, so much more respectable.

Local officials are cheering.Once associated with hooliganism, British football has become much more respectable.

Now a much more respectable endeavour, it was christened the London Contemporary Dance School.

A breakdown makes a mid-career collapse much more respectable than admitting to a string of flop movies or albums.

It was striking how much more "respectable" they looked than Hunter – some of them professional men with wives and families.

It looks much more respectable, says Michael Smith, of the media department of Northwestern University, if freebies dovetail neatly with a newspaper's brand.

Local people say that you raise hell in Odessa but raise a family in nearby Midland, a much more respectable place.

For 2013, Wu reckons ultrabook shipments will hit 30m – a much more respectable 8.7% of the total, and 14.7% of all laptop sales.

In his 20s, O'Farrell had a brief bash at standup comedy before landing a much more respectable job writing gags for Have I Got News for You.